The Dead Only Quickly

Priests and fools say

We are but animate clay,

But rude vessels

Housing immortal souls.

But the dead only quickly decay.

They don't go around being born and reborn

And rising and falling like soufflé.

The dead only quickly decay.

It would be swell

To see some folks burn in hell,

But when they go

It's just as pleasant to know

That the dead only quickly decay.

They don't go around being born and reborn

And rising and falling like soufflé.

The dead only quickly decay.